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Full name
  
Henry Elms Lette

Role
  
Cricket Player

Name
  
Henry Lette

1852
  
Tasmania

Bowling style
  
Underarm left-arm


Born
  
10 August 1829 (
1829-08-10
)
Curramore, Tasmania, Australia

Died
  
August 15, 1892, Launceston, Australia

Henry Elms Lette (christened 10 August 1829 — 15 August 1892) was an Australian cricketer and politician.

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Cricket

Lette was a left-arm underarm bowler who played for Tasmania. He was born in Curramore and died in Launceston.

Lette made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1851-52 season, against Victoria. From the lower order, he scored 2 runs in the first innings in which he batted, and a duck in the second. Lette bowled 29 overs in the match, taking 7 wickets.

Politics

Lette represented Launceston in the House of Assembly from November 1862, and was Chairman of Committees of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from July 1877 to 1892. Lette represented Central Launceston from 1 September 1871 and North Launceston from 30 May 1877.

References

Henry Lette Wikipedia